Slop-bucket and similar articles



(No ModeL) M CAMPBELL. Slop Bucket and Similar Articles. No. 242,270. Patented May 31,1881.

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IJMTED STATES PATENT MARVIN CAMPBELL, OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA.

SLOP-BUCKET AND SIMILAR ARTICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,270, dated May 31, 1881.

Application filed January 31, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, MARVIN CAMPBELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at South Bend, in the county of St. Joseph, and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Slop-Buckets or Similar Articles 5 and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawin gs, and to letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in chamber and other vessels in which material emitting an offensive odor may be kept; and the objects of my improvements are, first, to provide for sealing vessels in which substances emitting offensive odors are kept or carried, so that while such vessels remain in any place where the odors, if allowed to escape, would be offensive, or are being carried to the place of deposit, said odors may be prevented from escaping; second, to provide for uniting the covers of such vessels to the bodies thereof in such a manner that they may be transported without having the seal broken. I attain these objects by means of the devices illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view, showing one form of my improved vessel with the devices for uniting the two parts for transportation; and Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation, showing the parts and the method of sealing them together so as to prevent the escape of odors.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in both views.

In constructing vessels ofthis character there is provided a section, A, which may be of any approved form and capacity, it being made of sheet metal, pottery, or other suitable substance, according to the use to which it is to be applied. At a suitable distance from the top of this sect-ion there is an outward projection, A,from which extends two rings or portions, A and A which may be one inch, more or less, in height, they being such a distance apart as to leave between them an annular or otherwise formed chamber for the reception of some liquid substancc-such as alcohol or water-the outer ring, A being provided at its upper edge with a rod or wire, around which itis bent for the purpose of strengthenin g it.

The upper section, B, of the vessel may be made of the samematerial as the lower one, or it may always be of sheet metal when the lower section is made of pottery or other substance, which plan is preferable on account of its being less liable to be broken, and. on account of its less weight. Around the lower edge of this section there is an outwardly-projecting flange, B, the outer diameter of which is equal to or greater than the outer rin g of the lower section. From this flange there extends downward a ring, B the depth of which is sufficient to cause its lower edge, when in place, to reach nearly to the bottom of the chamber in section A, as shown in Fi 2, so that when the chamber is filled with a liquid and the two parts are united no odor can escape into the room or place where the vessel may be.

For the purpose of uniting the two sections of the vessel, and thus providing for its being carried from the place where it is to be used to the place where it is to be emptied, there are formed upon or attached to the outer surface of section A, near its top, any desired number of ears, 0, in one side of which there is a slot for the reception of a pin or projection, O, which extends outward from section B, so that when said section is placed upon section A and turned into the proper position the projections G will enter the slots in the ears 0, and thus securely fasten the two sections together.

To facilitate the handling and carrying of this vessel from point to point there is secured to the upper surface of section B a handle, D, as shown.

A vessel constructed as herein described is adapted for use as a chamber-pot, or as a receptacle for any odorous substances.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

In slop-buckets and other similar vessels, the combination of the two sections or portions A and B, the latter being provided with a downwardly-projectin g flan gc, B for entering a liquid placed in the section A, and with pins 0, for securing it to the lower section, the section A being provided with an enlargement near its upper end, and with an annular groove or recess for the reception of a liquid, and also with slot-ted ears 0, for the reception of the pins C, the parts being constructed and arranged substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MARVIN CAMPBELL.

Witnesses J. GoRLIUs, F. B. WILLIAMS. 

